Whip-stock.



Patented Feb. 53,1900.

D. C. HULL.

WHIP STOCK.

(Application filtl May 24, 1899.)

(No Model) rrn STATES PATENT rr'rcn.

DAVID C. HULL, or WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WHIP-STOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,294, dated February 13, 1900. Application filed May 24,1899. Serial No. 718,007. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID C. HULL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at lVestfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Whip-Stocks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to whips, and particularly to the construction of the stock thereof, the object being to provide an improved composite stock construction whereby the strength and durability of the stock are increased and at the same time the desired weight is normallyimparted to the butt thereof, thus obviating the requirement of the addition of the usual load-piece, and the symmetrical form of the stock at and near the butt-end is preserved; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction, adaptation, and arrangement of certain peculiarlyformed wood and metal elements which enter into said composite construction of the stock, all as hereinafter fully described, and more particularly pointed out inthe claim.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the lower end or butt portion of a whip-stock embodying my invention, the same showing a section of the wrapper which is applied directly to the stock and a portion of the usual braided covering applied over said wrapper. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a longitudinal metallic side section of said stock. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of said stock on line 3 3, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4: is a similar View on line 4 4: of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation similar to Fig. 1, illustrating a slight modification of the construction shown in said last-named figure. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 8 8 of Fig. 5.

In the drawings, a indicates the lower or butt end of a ratan stick having its natural cylindrical form in cross-section, upon the surface of which, without cutting or shaping the same, the requisite surface coverings or wrappings d and c are applied, which constitute the outer finish of the whip. In order to produce a whip of this class-that is, one in which a single stick of ratan naturally rounded constitutes the stock-body provision must necessarily be made for applying a metallic part to the end of said stick, which shall form a part of the butt of the whip without inserting said metallic part into said butt end, for the reason that the larger sizes of ratan which are imported into this country for whip-makers use have a limited diameter Which averages a little less than one-half of an inch, and hence it is impracticable to attempt to put a proper load-piece into the end of such a stock. Therefore the within-described means both for strengthening the butt or hand-grasped end of the whip and at the same time providing a proper load-piece therefor are provided. It should be further borne in mind that said singlestick stock part requires the long side-applied metallic piece 0 to stiffen the butt-end thereof and prevent it from bending within the hand when it is used. Said butt portion a has the form of the seg ment of a circle in cross-section, the line m in Fig. 1 indicating the posit-ion of the chord of the are or the fiat side of the stock, this feature extending from a points on the stock to the lower extremity thereof. The preferred cross-sectional form thus given to the stock is one of decreasing thickness from said point z to the lower end thereof. To the said fiat side of said stock a metallic strip 0 is applied, which has also in cross-section the form of the arc of a circle, and unitedly said stock parts a and c constitute the cylindricallyformed lower end of the stock. At the said point e on Fig. 1 a shoulder is formed having an area substantially that of the upper extremity of a metallic piece, hereinafter described, against which extremity it abuts. On the inner or flat face of said metallic piece 0 at its upper end is a protuberance 0, which when forced against the side of the said butt portion a of the whip-stock becomes embedded therein and serves to hold the end of said section in line with the surface of the whipstock. The said applied metallic piece 0 of the whip-stock is preferably of gradually-increasing thickness and consequently of considerable weight at and near the lower extremity of the whip-stock, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4:, whereby the greater weight thereof is brought at and near to said extremity, and thus provides a desirable load for the whip-stock. Owing to the position of said metallic piece 0 upon a considerable portion of the whip-stock above its lower extremity or on that part thereof usually grasped by the hand there is provided in the finished whip a firmer and more durable stock and one which better retains its straightness than those made of wood alone.

The modified construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6 includes a longitudinal tapered central section 5 on the lower end of the whipstock and two metallic outside sections 6 6, which are substantially like said piece 0 of Fig. 1. This construction may be employed when a heavier and stronger whip-butt and one more heavily loaded than that shown in Fig. 1 is desired.

The coverings applied over the stock parts of the whip shown in Fig. 1 are substantially the same as may be used upon those of the said modified constructions.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A whip-stock consisting of a single piece of ratan having a lower or butt end construction extending through the hand-grasped portion thereof in which one side of said portion is removed, thereby giving to said handgrasped part of the stock the form of the segment of a circle in cross-section, a combined load and strengthening piece of metal applied to said stock in place of said removed portion of the ratan-piece, said united stock and metallic parts forming, jointly, a butt-end of the stock of cylindrical form in cross-section, substantially as described.

DAVID o. HULL.

Vitnesses:

H. A. CHAPIN, K. I. CLnMoNs. 

